Police look to identify suspect in sexual assault on bus in Dartmouth

A girl says she was sexually assaulted on a Halifax Transit bus in Dartmouth on Tuesday. - File

Police are looking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect after a girl was sexually assaulted on a transit bus in Dartmouth this week.

Halifax Regional Police say they received a report Tuesday about an incident that had occurred earlier in the day on a Halifax Transit Route 60 bus travelling from Eastern Passage to the bridge terminal in Dartmouth.

A man got on the bus, sat down beside a girl who did not know him and allegedly touched her in a sexual manner, police said. The girl got off the bus and told an adult what had happened.

Police described the suspect as a black man in his 30s with an average build, scruffy facial hair and medium-length, tight curly black hair. He was wearing grey sweat pants and possibly flip flops.

Anyone with information about the man or the incident is asked to call police at 902-490-5020 or submit an anonymous tip to Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers.

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